8) After booting “NOC-PS Lite” it will perform some initial initialization, and prompt you for network details, and which username and password you would like to use to access the NOC-PS webinterface. After pressing “start installation” the installation will complete, and the system will reboot one more time.

9) You can now access the NOC-PS web interface using your normal computer with a regular web browser (recommended), or login to the interface on the Pi itself.

Using NOC-PS

See the NOC-PS manual for more information on how to use the NOC-PS webinterface.

Troubleshooting

Pi does not boot, has a steady green light

Remove and reinsert SD card, and try again.

Other DHCP servers

Keep in mind that PXE network booting uses the DHCP protocol and any other DHCP servers inside the same network (VLAN) may conflict.

You should therefore disable any other DHCP servers (including ones present on devices such as NAT routers) during provisioning.

Timeouts due to Spanning Tree Protocol being active

Especially when using Cisco Ethernet switches, make sure you enable “portfast” on switch ports that connect to servers.